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by Molbertino Aquarelli
11 October 2023, 08:59
Forum: Pyrga
Topic: White advantage
Replies: 7
Views: 15117

Re: White advantage

Having played some amount of games I must say the white advantage is still enormous. Even more, I am sure white still always wins with the right play.
by Molbertino Aquarelli
02 August 2023, 15:30
Forum: The Castles of Burgundy
Topic: Board 8 Question
Replies: 4
Views: 1176

Re: Board 8 Question

In fact, I find this BGA limitation ridiculous. Board 8 is indeed the most "scory" board among the classic board set. Though, when playing different boards, it does not make much difference whether you play 8 vs 4, or 4 vs 10. The stronger board wins in most of cases. IMO, board 5 is quite...
by Molbertino Aquarelli
06 June 2023, 08:13
Forum: The Castles of Burgundy
Topic: What happened with November15th?
Replies: 5
Views: 1386

Re: What happened with November15th?

I suspect she's been stolen and imprisoned in the stoned castle by four evil spirits named Loss Aversion, Avoidance Coping, Self-esteem Preservation and Learned Helplessness. We need warriors to save the Princess!
by Molbertino Aquarelli
09 February 2023, 18:18
Forum: The Castles of Burgundy
Topic: What happened with November15th?
Replies: 5
Views: 1386

What happened with November15th?

Account of the 2nd strong player and reigning champion is closed, anybody knows what happened?
by Molbertino Aquarelli
20 December 2022, 19:48
Forum: The Castles of Burgundy
Topic: Castles of Burgundy Puzzles
Replies: 3
Views: 1055

Re: Castles of Burgundy Puzzles

A couple of very simple ones for those who like to calculate: What is the maximum VP for 1 player to score (2p, 3p, 4p, per board)? What is the maximum VP for all participating players to score (altogether - to get one player maximum the opponent(s) have to just roll the dice, but here each one has ...
by Molbertino Aquarelli
20 November 2022, 00:12
Forum: The Castles of Burgundy
Topic: Two extremely highly ranked players found cheating, but no way to report them
Replies: 7
Views: 1508

Re: Two extremely highly ranked players found cheating, but no way to report them

They cannot force these players to accept the matches and they cannot force the players to abandon them. Unfortunately as I have mentioned in another post there is a way to force abandon by exploiting the technical bug. I experienced it once myself playing with one of those players referred to by t...
by Molbertino Aquarelli
08 May 2022, 15:31
Forum: The Castles of Burgundy
Topic: Abandon request as a cheat strategy (* is a cheater)
Replies: 11
Views: 2727

Re: Abandon request as a cheat strategy (* is a cheater)

Recently I played with the current #4 in the rating list, * , who appears to be quite a strong player but using a peculiarity of the move confirmation to cheat when the game goes wrong for him. He proposes to abandon, but if you disagree, he lets time go off and (attention!) you can't expel the opp...
by Molbertino Aquarelli
04 May 2022, 19:47
Forum: The Castles of Burgundy
Topic: Abandon request as a cheat strategy (* is a cheater)
Replies: 11
Views: 2727

Abandon request as a cheat strategy (* is a cheater)

Recently I played with the current #4 in the rating list, * , who appears to be quite a strong player but using a peculiarity of the move confirmation to cheat when the game goes wrong for him. He proposes to abandon, but if you disagree, he lets time go off and (attention!) you can't expel the oppo...

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